Tie rack



y 1, 1934 J. LESTER 1,957,177

TIE RACK Filed April 2, 1932 IN vTroR cfause viz Lester ATTORNEY i siterated May 1, 1934 nannn stares 2 Claims.

' 5 An important feature of the invention is to provide a tie rack whichwhen hung on a wall or door will not protrude therefrom excessively.

Another object is to provide a tie support having a swingable grid-likrack which may be loraised when desired and be so maintained tofacilitate the selection of a tie.

A further object is to provide a tie rack in which at least one of thehinges upon which the rack grid swings may be provided with one or l5more angled support abutments for holding the rack grid in position ofadjustment.

is still further object is in the provision of a rack grid havingtransverse members joined at end by vertical members and at intervalsermediate their ends by shorter vertical members to form openingsthrough which the ties may be strung and so prevented from becomingdisplaced.

These and many other objects and features io will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereafter fully described and particularly 3O pointed outin the claims.

Fig. 1. is a side View of a tie rack showing the rack grid in a raisedposition.

Fig. 2, is a front view of the same with the rack grid flat against itssupporting plate.

Fig. 3, is a perspective detail of a hinge member. Fig. l, is afragmentary detail. Fig. 5, is a front view of a modified form of therack.

Fig. 6, is a side view of a modified form of the 40 imeans to supportthe rack grid in an angular position.

Fig. '7 is a side view showing the rack grid used as a tie display.

Referring to the drawing in greater detail and 45.;more particularly toFigs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, there is shown at a supporting plate of pleasingconfiguration provided at its upper end with hanger ears 11. The earsare preferably pivoted at 12 and may be swung down as shown when not 50in use so as not to be damaged.

The plate 10 is apertured at 13 to permit the insertion of hinge members14 and 15 which are preferably loops of metal provided with flanges v16. One or both of the hinge members may be "provided with one or morevariously angled sup- (Cl. 2l1--99) port abutments 1'7 and 18 thepurpose of which will later appear.

A rack grid generally indicated as 20, is of substantially rectangularcontour and may be in the form of a metal casting or stamping or may befabricated of several members. The grid is arranged with transversemembers 21 and shorter vertical connecting members 22 intermediate andparallel to the vertical sides 19. This arrangement of transverse andvertical members forms a multiplicity of openings 23.

The side members 19 are provided with extensions to form trunnions 2iand 25 engageable respectively with the hinge members 14 and 15.Normally the grid hangs pendant against the face of the plate 10, andties strung through the openings 23 and hanging on the transversemembers 21, are held positioned by the light pressure of the weight ofthe grid, and should the rack be hung on a closet door, no amount ofjarring of the door would displace the ties so arranged.

When it desired to select a tie from among those so the bottom of thegrid may be elevated and the grid slid laterally so as to engage one ofthe extensions 19 with one of the support abutments l? or 18. The gridwill then assume position such as indicated in l, and as the ties tendto remain pendant one or more can be easily removed without disturbingthe others.

The modification shown in Fig. 5 illustrates another form of the rack inwhich the grid 20a is elongated laterally and the hinge members 14. and15 are identical in so far as both are provided with angled supportabutments 1'7 and 18. In this the trunnion 26 carries a leg 27 whichserves the same function as the extension 19.

The modification shown in Fig. 6, is provided with plain hinge loops,and a hook and eye arrangement such 30 may be employed to maintain thegrid in an angled position.

The modification illustrated in Fig. '7 indicates the employment of agrid 20?) similar to the grid 20, a display rack carried on a supporstandard 31. This last form is especially applicable for use amonghaberdashers.

Although I have described my improvements with considerable detail andwith respect to cer tain particular forms of my invention, I do notdesire to be linited to such details since many changes andmodifications in the form, arrangements, proportions and sizes thereofmay well be made wi hout departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention in its broadest aspect.

l-laving thus described my invention, what I tension may be selectivelyengaged with the abutments to maintain the angular position of the grid.

2. A necktie rack comprising a pendant support, hinge ears carried bythe support, various angled support abutments on at least one of theears, a tie supporting grid, and side extensions on said grid bent inopposed relation to form trunnions pivotally and slidably engageable inthe hinge ears, and selectively supportable on any of the abutments.

JOSEPH LESTER.

